Bottle-cleaner.



Patented may 20,' |90`2.

D4.. H. IRVINE.

BOTTLE CLEANER.

(Application filed Aug. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

@@Mam WLAN l UNITED STATES DAVID H.

PATENT OFFICE. i

IEvIN'e, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE OE ONE-HALE TO JONATHANCHASE, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS..

BOTTLE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 700,499, dated. May2o, 1902.

Application filed August 2, 1901. Serial No. 70,641. (No model.) n

To all whom t may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID YII. IRVING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Cleaners,of which the following is a specilication, reference being had thereintothe vaccompanying drawings.

It isthe object of my invention to produce a convenient and efficientdevice for cleaning the interiors of bottles. f

The device is l.applicable to bottles of all shapes and sizes; but it isespecially adapted to small bottles and bottles having small mouths,into which a large or complicated device could not be readilyintroduced.

Herein the improved cleaner is shown as applied to a nursing-bottle, towhich it is well adapted in view of the frequency with which such abottle requires cleaning and the thoroughness in the processof cleaningwhich is essential. The device, however, isequally applicable to bottlesof other varieties, and the same cleaner may be used for bottles ofdifferent size, shape, and character.

Other advantages of the improvement will be mentioned during the courseof the following specification.

The invention connection with the accompanying drawings, whichillustrate thebest form thereof yet vdevised by me, after which theessential features of the improvement will be particularly pointed outand distinctly defined in the claims at the Close of this Specification.

In the drawings, Figure l shows the bottlecleaner detached with thestopper in section. Fig. 2 shows the cleaner applied to a bottle, thelatter being partly in section.

In the drawings the numeral l designates a stopper, and 2 a wire passingcentrally through the same. The upper end of the wire is formed into aring 3 for handling the cleaner, and said ring also furnishes aconvenient means of suspending the device when it is no t in use. Y Thelower end 4 of the wire 2 is bent to form a loop 5, which before being'closed is passed through the two end links G winnrst be dsribed in Yinpresence of two witnesses.-

5, engaging the links 6 and 7, then to press the wire upward until theendflpasses into the stopper and Secures the loop kfrom opening, andfinally to form the ring 3, thereby preventing any downward movement ofthe wire and consequent possible release of the chain.

`The essential feature of the device is a 6o i chain which is looped ordoubled. The looping or doubling of the portionof chain that `is pendentfrom the stopper secures entire freedom from tendency to becomepermanently tangled up while being shaken in the interior of thebottle-that isbeing cleaned. A single length of chain is foundfrequently to form a ball or mass which cannotbewithdrawn through theneck of the bottle. With a looped or doubled chain, however, it is 7ofound in practice `that any temporary balling of the chain within thebottle i can be immediately Cleared by drawing on one or other'of theparts of the chain from the outside after the stopper has been removedfrom the mouth of the bottle.` v

The mode of applying the cleaner to a bottle is obvious, as shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, the bottle therein ,being designated 9.

The stopper preferablyis tapered, which 8o will permit of itsinsertioninto bottles of quite a range of sizes of mouth.

The parts of the cleaner being permanently attached together, the devicealways is in Condition for immediate use, and its manipulation issimple.v After having been used the device very conveniently can berinsed and hung to dry. e

What I claim is- 1. A bottle-'washer comprising a stopper' 9o and alooped or doubled chain attached to the said stopper. v

2. A bottle-washer comprising a stopper, a wire passing therethrough,and a looped or doubled chain attached to the said wire,- the wire beingsecured from retraction by having the upper portion thereofabent to forma handhold. l

In testimony whereof I iiix my signature v DAVID II. IRVING. Witnesses:Y

ROBERT WALLACE, LEPINE HALL RICE'.

